| Today's Economy
Economic Roundup: More Than Meets the Eye The Conference Board's leading economic index is signaling a recession, but it may be a false positive. Geopolitical Tracker: The World Awaits Trump's Next Move World leaders have called for de-escalation between Israel and Iran as the U.S. considers deeper involvement. Europe Daily Briefing: Lacklustre Consumer Sentiment Holding Back U.K. Retail Sales U.K. sales suffered the largest year-over-year decline in 12 months; European energy prices rise. Europe Daily Briefing: Holding Patterns Central banks in the U.K. and Türkiye hold rates steady amid rising geopolitical uncertainty. » VIEW MORE TODAY'S ECONOMY
Commentary
U.S. Weekly Highlights and Preview, June 20, 2025 We forecast a modest gain in the Conference Board's consumer confidence index for June. G-7 Economies Are Stuttering Our nowcasts for second-quarter growth have weakened, given a disappointing run of economic data. Europe Weekly Highlights and Preview, 20 June 2025 Monetary policy and inflation dominated this week's headlines. Asia-Pacific Weekly Highlights & Preview, 20 June 2025 The Bank of Thailand is likely to cut interest rates. » VIEW MORE COMMENTARY
Today's Economic Indicators
Malaysia
Foreign Trade
May. 2025: MYR766 mil
Malaysia’s trade surplus was MYR766 million in May, down from a revised MYR5.1 billion in April. United Kingdom
Retail Sales
May. 2025: -2.7% m/m
U.K. retail sales plunged 2.7% month on month in May, fully reversing April’s 1.3% gain and bringing sales to their lowest level since December. Hong Kong SAR (China)
Consumer Price Index
May. 2025: 1.9% y/y
Hong Kong's headline composite consumer price index rose 1.9% year over year in May, 0.1 percentage point lower than the April reading. Canada
New Housing Price Index
May. 2025: -1.0% y/y
Canada's housing market, after showing initial signs of recovery late last year, has experienced a further pullback in May, marking the second consecutive month of decline. Canada
Industrial Product and Raw Materials Price Indexes
May. 2025: -0.5% m/m
In May, the Industrial Product Price Index fell 0.5% after dropping 0.8% in the previous month. Canada
Retail Trade
Apr. 2025: 0.3% m/m
Retail sales posted another tepid gain of 0.3% to C$70.1 billion in April, following March's 0.8% rise, after declines in January and February. United States
Philadelphia Fed Survey
Jun. 2025: -4.0
Manufacturers in the Fed’s Third District noted another contraction in activity in June. United States
Conference Board Leading Indicators
May. 2025: -0.1%
Consistent with our above-consensus forecast, the Conference Board Leading Economic Index fell 0.1% in May. » VIEW MORE ECONOMIC INDICATORS | 
